The Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to clinch the series 4-1.
The clincher came at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, in front of thousands of Brewers fans who had travelled to Florida for the final games of the series. The title comes in the franchise’s 58th season: the club began as the Seattle Pilots in 1969 and moved to Milwaukee the following year. Its only previous trip to the World Series, in 1982, ended in defeat to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.
Young ace Jacob Misiorowski threw five and two-thirds scoreless innings of two-hit ball before leaving the game with a right calf cramp, earning a standing ovation from the Brewers fans behind the team’s dugout. Rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt added two more hits and two runs batted in, setting a World Series rookie record with six straight hits, while Jackson Chourio set a five-game Series record with 11 hits.
Catcher William Contreras was named World Series Most Valuable Player after batting .381 across the five games.
The Brewers, the smallest-market team in the majors, finished the regular season with 103 wins and went 11-2 through the playoffs, dethroning the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers along the way.
Source: NBC Sports — https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/brewers-beat-the-rays-4-1-in-game-5-to-win-the-first-world-series-title-in-franchise-history
